shadowrun 40 The Burning Time by Stephen Kenson

Author:Stephen Kenson [Kenson, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, General, Fiction, Science Fiction, Contemporary, Twenty-First Century, Action & Adventure, Fantasy Fiction
ISBN: 9780451458391
Google: Qj-SAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0451458397
Publisher: RoC
Published: 2001-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Although the wait seemed to take forever, the prisoners remained well behaved. Thirty-six hours after Talon and the others had grabbed the Whitehorse, they let their guests go. They were tranquilized once more and loaded into a van Hammer and Val had "acquired" for that specific purpose. Then they drove the van to an isolated spot in South Boston and left the locked vehicle in a parking lot. A Knight Errant patrol car spotted it and matched the registration to a stolen vehicle. When the occupants of the van woke up, they were in a Knight Errant holding cell with a lot of explaining to do.

Knight Errant couldn’t hold them for long, of course, but they made it difficult, and expensive, for Cross to spring its people; just the kind of red-tape war Talon had been hoping for. Although Cross security began an immediate search of the area, they had virtually no leads to work with, and the pointless search turned up nothing.

Boom proposed a night out to celebrate the successful conclusion of the run. Talon reluctantly agreed, and joined them around the table at the CyberClub. He spent most of the evening staring into space, mulling over his thoughts and plans. Finally, he set down his glass and stood up.

"I’m sorry, but I’ve got to go," he said. "I’ve got things to do that aren’t going to wait."

"All right," Boom said. "If you need any help. . ."

"I know just the people to call," Talon replied.

"I think I’m going to call it a night, too," Trouble said, and turned to Talon. "Walk you to the door?"

They left together, leaving their three teammates talking over drinks and watching the action on the dance floor.

"When is that girl going to give it up?" Hammer said, as Talon and Trouble made their way through the crowd.

"What do you mean?" Val asked.

"She’s still got it bad for Talon."

"What? But she knows Talon’s gay!" Val said.

"Well, her brain knows it," Hammer returned, "but I’m not so sure about the rest of her. The heart wants what the heart wants."

Boom took a swig from a big mug, which looked like a shot glass in his massive hand "I dunno. Seems to me that Ms. Trouble has been rather. . .preoccupied of late, and not with Talon, if you know what I mean?"

"You think she’s got a thing going on?" Val asked.

Boom shrugged and leaned forward, dropping his voice to a low tone "Let’s just say I didn’t get the job of faceman for this crew for my incredible looks. I know people, and I can tell you this, whatever else Trouble may be feeling about Talon, she’s definitely got someone else."

"I sure as hell hope so," Hammer said. "I’ve worked with Trouble longer than anyone else on this team, and she deserves a chance to be happy. I mean, Talon’s a good guy, and I know he’d never do anything to hurt her intentionally, but he can be kinda. . ."

". . .dense? obtuse? oblivious?" Boom supplied helpfully.

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